Natural
Gardener - Grow organic and plant local plants that thrive on low water and
lots of central Texas sun. This is a great gardening store that we love. Whole
Foods - Austin is home base for organic foods retailer Whole Foods with a
flagship store at 6th and Lamar. Hey
Cupcake - The original airstream on SOCO with tasty-shove-in-your-mouth cupcakes. ThoughtCrib
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Aquarelle
- Downtown high French cuisine in old vintage house. White tablecloths and
crumb-scrapers. One of the top 3 meals I've had in Austin.
Bess
- Chic 6th Street bistro. Someone said Sandra Bullock had something to do
with it, never seen her there.. Chez
Nous - Always a sucker for rustic French bistros. This 6th Street area resto
is like a neighborhood joint in Paris. Viola. Eddie
V's - Chic downtown dinner club kind of place. Flemings
Steakhouse - Posh steakhouse for business or spendy date night. Moonshine
- Convention center Texas food and Sunday brunch place. Roy's
- The kind of upscale fish joint you'd see in San Francisco or Honolulu Stubbs
BBQ - Awesome Sunday Gospel Brunch. Experience this and you'll never forget
it. Great brunch and bloody mary bar. Reserve. Three
Forks - Cool downtown steakhouse and cocktail bar. 
Alamo
Drafthouse - Instructions: Drink beer, eat pub food, watch movie. Pretty damn
simple. Several locations.
Chuy's
Tex Mex - No one comes to Austin without eating at Chuy's, so just go then
walk off the queso at Zilker. East
Side Pies Pizza
- Killer pizza take
out and delivery, no tables. Damn good. Fonda
San Miguel - Best Mexican (not TexMex) resto in Austin. Off North Loop, but
worth the trip. Really cool interior design/setting. Guero's
Tacos - SOCO taco and Tex Mex standby. Cool place to meet up. Flip flops are
fine. Hyde
Park Grill - Hyde Park landmark with solid bistro food and salads. Home
Slice Pizza - Crazy awesome good pizza in SOCO. They serve Pabst Blue Ribbon
in the can so don't over dress. Jeffrey's
- Super high cuisine, serious food, mulit-course meals. Low key neighborhood
setting. La
Traviata - Small SOCO area Italian brasserie. Musashino
- Far West/Mopac area killer sushi bar. Somehow there is a Chinese resto upstairs,
too. Shady
Grove - Zilker Park area burger and margarita joint. Relaxed Austin vibe.
Green-chili-cheese-fries. Siena
- Formal west Austin Tuscan eatery. Wear a blazer and do your hair up-tight. The
Grove - Newer Bee Caves Road Italian and wine bar. Dress sexy. Uchi
- The Holy Grail of see and be seen south Austin chic sushi. Dress sexy. Perfect
spendy date night. Vespaio
- Chic SOCO Italian eatery. Wink
- The best food I've had in Austin period. Perfect date night. "Wink,
love your food, please hire a decorator." :) 
Salt
Lick BBQ - The largest BBQ joint you will ever see. Solid BBQ near Dripping
Springs.
County
Line BBQ - Eclectic and tasty BBQ, great place for large groups. Get a reservation. Hudson's
on The Bend - Famous Lakeway resto with wild game and high cuisine. The
Oasis - Known for their sunsets not their food, a must stop to get a bird's
eye view of Lake Travis. "Bold architecture?" Swimwear is fine. | 
Carnival
Brasilerio at the Palmer Events Center is one of the biggest and wildest Carnival
celebrations outside of Brazil.
Austin
Polar Bear Swim at Barton Springs and at Lake Travis on New Year's Day. Yeah
I'll meet you there Texas
Home and Garden Show at the Austin Convention Center.
Austin Marathon www.austinmarathon.com
Art
Night Austin is an Austin gallery tour hosted by Art City Austin. Ticket includes
gourmet food from top restos. www.ArtCityAustin.org Green
Garden Festival at Zilker Botanical Gardens Taste
of Austin at Palmer Events Center, taste local restos in one place! www.TasteOfAustin.org Green
Living and Home Products Exp at the Convention Center. Great place to get
ideas and meet cool folks. www.ShowTechnology.com 
Capitol
10,000 Massive, popular 10K event with over 10,000 runners!
South
by Southwest SXSW Hundreds of bands and tons of movies, this is Austin's premier
music and film festival. Get tickets early. www.sxsw.com 
Buda
Wiener Dog Races Weiner dog races and costume parade. Wow. More fun than you
can imagine. www.BudaLionsClub.com
Old
Settler's Music Festival Four days of bluegrass and camping. What's that smell?
www.OldSettlersMusicFest.org Lousiana
Swamp Thing and Crawfish Festival Massive crawfish and zydeco festival. www.roadwayevents.com Urban
Music Festival at Auditorium Shores. www.urbanmusicfest.com Grind
Extreme Watersports and Music Festival Wakeboard compitition in downtown Austin
in a massive temporary water tank + rock'n'rock www.roadwayevents.com Hill
Country Wine and Food Festival Austin area's best restaurants and over 60
wineries www.texaswineandfood.org Mighty
Texas Dog Walk Get your pooch with THOUSANDS of others www.servicesdogs.org 
Old
Pecan Street Festival Massive attendance arts and crafts fair with music and
food on sticks www.oldpecanstreetfestival.com
No
Pants Day Not quite naked but leave the pants home www.nopantsday.com Gardens
on Tour Tour Austin's coolest private gardens www.wildflower.org Heritage
Homes Tour Tour Austin coolest MCM mid-century modern homes and furnishings.
www.heritagesocietyaustin.org 
Cool
House Tour Visit Austin's coolest and most innovative energy-efficient environmentally
aware homes, many great Austin modern homes usually on the tour. www.txses.org
Republic
of Texas Biker Rally Get your leather for one of the worlds largest motorcycle
parades. www.rotrally.com Hyde
Park Historic Homes Tour Check out some cool older homes in Hyde Park Austin.
www.hydeparkhomestour.org Keep
Austin Weird 5K and Festival Get your Elvis costume and your camera out. Totally
ridiculous fun. www.keepaustinweird5k.com
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Blues
on the Green at Zilker Park's Rock Island is great blues music every other
Wednesday in summer. www.kgsr.com
July
4th at Zilker Massive fireworks and co-ordinated music by Austin Symphony.
www.austinsymphony.org Austin
Pond Tour check out cool local ponds and water gardens. www.austinpondsociety.org Bastille
Day Festival at the French Legation www.afaustin.org Music
Under the Star free local music every Friday evening in July at the Bob Bullock
Museum. www.thestoryoftexas.com Austin
Symphony Concerts in the Park at the Long Center outside for free on Sundays.
www.austinsymphony.org Zilker
Summer Musical www.zilker.org 
Austin
Ice Cream Festival Fun and icecream for everyone! www.icecreamfestival.org
Lake
Travis Hot-Air Balloon Flyover Get up early to check out these peaceful floating
balloon. www.centraltexasballooning.com Hot
Sauce Festival hosted by the Austin Chronicle. Free salsa and plenty of contests,
food and fun. www.austinchronicle.com Moonlight
Margarita Run 5k Yes, this is Austin, Texas. Run 5k around Lady Bird Lake
then drink and eat heavily with good people. www.townlaketrail.org Austin
Bat Fest Keeping Austin weird is easy with the world's largest uban Mexican
free-tailed bat colony, live music, food and drinks at this heavily bat-themed
event. www.roadwayevents.com 
Old
Pecan Street Festival Insane numbers of people, vendors, musicians, you name
it for this fun arts and crafts festival on 6th Street. www.oldpecanstreetfestival.com
Austin
Museum Day Free museum entrance all over Austin! www.austinmuseums.org Austin
Cactus and Succulent Show and Sale at Zilker Park. www.austincss.com Austin
Italian Festival at Laguna Gloria. www.atasteofitalyaustin.com Diez
y Seis Celebration Celebrate Mexican food and culture at Republic Square and
the Mexican Cultural Center Fantastic
Fest Sci-fi, gore, horror and glitzy movies at the Alamo Drafthouse. www.fantasticfest.com 
Austin
City Limits Music Festival is Austin's largest oudoor muic festival with over
a 100 bands and tons of fun at Zilker Park. www.aclfest.com
Texas
Book Festival at the State Capitol Building. Used to be more fun when Stephen
Graham Jones came every year. www.texasbookfestival.org AIA
Austin Hmoes Tour Lots of Austin modern homes and Austin luxury homes on this
wonderful tour of Austin homes. We'll see you there! www.aiaaustin.org 
East
Austin Studio Tour Art studios in East Austin open their studios to the public!
www.eastaustinstudiotour.com
Fun
Fun Fun Fest Tons of cool music and fun fun fun. www.funfunfunfest.com Turkey
Trot 6-Miler hosted by Thundercloud Subs www.thundercloud.com Austin
Powwow Celebrate American Indian Heritage at this massive event. www.austinpowwow.org 
Tail
of Lights Really cool Zilker Park event with over a million lights. Lots of
people show up for the final days so go early!
First
Night Austin Visual and performing arts all over downtown Austin. Odd but
cool. www.firstnightaustin.org Armadillo
Christmas Bazaar Really cool shopping and crafts event downtown. www.armadillobazaar.com Blue
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